The following outline offers an insight into the various initiatives that will be running across Global Research Nurses throughout 2021, and the projected timeline

A host of training courses, workshops and other opportunities will be made available and promoted widely across the Hub. The hub seeks to provide a wide variety of mechanisms and avenues to enhance research capacity and engage nurses with the field of research.

If you have any questions or queries for the team, or wish to get involved further with Global Research Nurses, please contact: nurses@theglobalhealthnetwork.org

Project

Mode

Location

Timeline
Study Profiles → Documents → GRN Hub → Ongoing
Research Nurse Insights → Articles (short interviews, testamonies) → GRN Hub → Ongoing / monthly
Skills sharing Workshop: "Introduction to Basic Statistics workshop" → Virtual → Virtual with hands-on practice in Microsoft excel → 11th May 2021
Skills sharing Workshop: "Refocusing healthcare practices through clinical nursing research in times of global crisis" → In-person → Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) Nnewi, Southeast, Nigeria → 24th-25th May 2021
Skills sharing Workshop: "Evolution and Roles of Clinical Research Nurses: Impact of Clinical Research during pandemic" → In-person → Kano Teaching Hospital (TBC) → 24th-25th June 2021
Creation of a Nursing Research Study database → Interactive online database → GRN Hub → September, ongoing
Open call – *pump priming grant* opportunity for nurse-led studies → Funding opportunity → Online submission → Winners announced in September (closed)
Development of Workshop Toolkit* → Document → GRN Hub/REDe team → July 2021
Grant call opens for regional skills-sharing workshops** → Funding opportunity → In person (or virtual – COVID dependent) → (TBC)
Experiences of nurses in navigating practical challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic – a webinar with nurses from four different Asian countries → Virtual webinar → Virtual / Online → September 2021
Poster “Global Research Nurses: building a community of practice to support nurses leading and working in research” presented at the 10th EDCTP Forum, 17-21 October 2021 → Conference poster in the section Capacity strengthening of institutions → Virtual / Online → October 2021
Qualitative Research Course competition: ‘Learning with the book: an introduction to qualitative research methods for health research’ for the January 2022 cohort. → Virtual research methods course & materials provided → Online → Launch November 2021